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Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Technical and Aesthetic Prospects

  • Polgampola Chamani Madara;Hasnain Yousuf;Muhammad Aleem Zahid;Suresh Kumar Dhungel;Youngkuk Kim;Junsin Yi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.154-163
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    • 2024
  • The energy demand in the world is expected to exceed 740 million TJ by 2040 and our dependence on fossil fuels needs to be switched to sustainable and renewable energy sources like solar energy. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) is one of the best approaches to extracting solar energy. There are more than 200 BIPV products in the market currently but when it comes to integrating these products into the technical aspects such as buildings' structural integrity, thermal, daylight retainment and aesthetic prospects to be considered. The share of BIPV integration potential of different building types in the world of residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial and other buildings account for 66%, 4.8%, 8.1%, 19.9%, and 1.2% accordingly. Many solar technologies developed to achieve architectural requirements, but the main problem is the trade-off between efficiency and aesthetic appeal, which is less than 10% in coloured and transparent solar modules. This paper discusses the different applications of solar photovoltaics (PV) in building architecture, technical requirements, and different module technologies. The article provides a comprehensive guide for researchers and designers working on the development of BIPV integrations.

Solar Air Conditionner for Electricity Peak Cut (전력 Peak Cut를 위한 Solar 에어콘 개발)

  • Yu, Kwon-Jong;Song, Jin-Soo;Kang, Kee-Whan;Hwang, In-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1992.07b
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    • pp.1045-1047
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    • 1992
  • Photovoltaics is considered to be one of the most promising technologies which can greatly contribute to future energy supply because of a large, secure, essentially inexhaustible and broadly available resource - sunlight. However, recent progresses in photovoltaics make also possible its short-term practical application in some areas. Among them the solar air conditionner powered by photovoltaic system attracts considerable interest due to its main advantage which consists in the reduction of drastically increasing electricity peak load in summer season. In this review paper our current study on the solar air conditionner will be briefly summarized.

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Performance Analysis of Cost Effective Portable Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System

  • Parmar, Richa;Banerjee, Chandan;Tripathi, Arun K.
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2021
  • Solar water pumping system (SWPS) is reliable and beneficial for Indian farmers in irrigation and crop production without accessing utility. The capability of easy installation and deployment, makes it an attractive option in remote areas without grid access. The selection of portable solar based pumps is pertaining to its longer life and economic viability due to lower running cost. The work presented in this manuscript intends to demonstrate performance analysis of portable systems. Consequent investigation reveals PSWS as the emerging option for rural household and marginal farmers. This can be attributed to the fact that, a considerable portion (around 45.7%) of the country's land is farmland and irrigation options are yet to reach farmers who entirely rely on rain water at present for harvesting of the crops. According to census 2010-2011 tube wells are the main source for irrigation amongst all other sources followed by canals. Out of the total 64.57-million-hectare net irrigation area, 48.16% is accounted by small and marginal holdings, 43.77% by semi-medium and medium holdings, and 8.07% by large holdings. As per 2015-16 census data, nearly 100 million farming households would struggle to make ends meet. The work included in this manuscript, presents the performance of different commercial brands and different technologies of DC surface solar water micro pumping systems have been studied (specifically, the centrifugal and reciprocating type pumps have been considered for analysis). The performance of the pumping systems has been analyzed and data is evaluated in terms of quantity of water impelled for specific head. The reciprocating pump has been observed to deliver the best system efficiency.

A Study on the Applications of Renewable Energy in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified School Projects - Focused on Solar and Thermal Energy - (LEED 인증 받은 학교건축사례에서 재생에너지 활용 연구 분석 - 태양광 및 태양열 에너지를 중심으로 -)

  • Yoon, Hea-Kyung;Woo, Seung-Hyun;Choi, Hyo-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the state-of-the-art solar energy system design cases among LEED(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified school projects and to explore the feasibilities for their applications in domestic school design. Investigating the sold wattages in some kinds of buildings, the wattages per an educational facility is the second-largest after that per an industrial facility. That shows that our attention should be actively directed to the utilization of New and Renewable Energy in school facilities. Therefore photovoltaics systems, lighting systems and solarthermal facilities of solar energy systems were analyzed in the LEED cases. Findings demonstrate that applications of solar energy systems in K-12 educational facilities have been executed more than those in higher educational facilities. However, K-12 educational facilities and higher educational facilities by private funds are not categorized as Green Buildings by Support for Making Green Buildings Act. That fact is needed to be amended. Besides that, design developments are needed for building integrated photovoltaics systems and solarthermal facilities in domestic educational facilities.

유비쿼터스 기술을 이용한 태양광 감시 시스템

  • Jeong, Chang-Deok;Hong, Yu-Sik;Park, Jong-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.255-259
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, It proposes that solar cell monitoring system using ubiquitous technique, solar cells development system occurs the attrition at the same time in several segments. This is the reason why, whole damage is also looked greatly increased inclination. Therefore, we progress study that find out damage factor by element and are more deeply about loss reduction by element part hereafter. Also, efficiency of solar photovoltaics system can be improved. we wish to forecast efficiency decrease of solar photovoltaics using neural network algorithm. Experiment result hereafter, We will expect to be remote management of solar cell.

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Effect of poly-Si Thickness and Firing Temperature on Metal Induced Recombination and Contact Resistivity of TOPCon Solar Cells (Poly-Si 두께와 인쇄전극 소성 온도가 TOPCon 태양전지의 금속 재결합과 접촉비저항에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sang Hee;Yang, Hee Jun;Lee, Uk Chul;Lee, Joon Sung;Song, Hee-eun;Kang, Min Gu;Yoon, Jae Ho;Park, Sungeun
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.128-132
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    • 2021
  • Advances in screen printing technology have been led to development of high efficiency silicon solar cells. As a post PERx structure, an n-type wafer-based rear side TOPCon structure has been actively researched for further open-circuit voltage (Voc) improvement. In the case of the metal contact of the TOPCon structure, the poly-Si thickness is very important because the passivation of the substrate will be degraded when the metal paste penetrates until substrate. However, the thin poly-Si layer has advantages in terms of current density due to reduction of parasitic absorption. Therefore, poly-Si thickness and firing temperature must be considered to optimize the metal contact of the TOPCon structure. In this paper, we varied poly-Si thickness and firing peak temperature to evaluate metal induced recombination (Jom) and contact resistivity. Jom was evaluated by using PL imaging technique which does not require both side metal contact. As a results, we realized that the SiNx deposition conditions can affect the metal contact of the TOPCon structure.

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion : Recent Progress

  • Green, Martin A.
    • Electrical & Electronic Materials
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.100-105
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    • 1998
  • Along with fusion energy, photovoltaic solar energy conversion has long been considered as one of the few sustainable options for large scale energy supply in the future. In the past, commercial use has been restricted largely to remote area applications where conventional electricity is expensive. However, 1998 marked a year of transition where the major application of the cells changed to become generation of residential electricity in urban areas already supplied by the conventional grid. The current state of the technology is discussed as are major overseas programs to accelerate the urban residential use of photovoltaics, particularly in Japan, Europe and the United States, includng the "million roof" program in the latter. Finally, the planned use of photovoltaics in the Sydney 2000 Olympics is described, where the technology will be used to provide most of the electricity requirements of the 665 residences which will be a legacy of the Olympic Village.

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Self-powered Smart Window Technologies Using Photovoltaics (태양전지를 이용한 스마트 윈도우 기술 동향)

  • Lee, Kyu-Sung;Lim, Jung Wook;Kang, Mangu;Kim, Kyung Hyun;Ryu, Hojun
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.36-47
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    • 2019
  • Smart window technology has become a major component of smart buildings, leading to energy savings and enhanced functionality. Smart windows work like curtains or blind screens, blocking external light sources. Smart window components employ electrochromic or photochromic materials that can selectively block sunlight when electricity is applied. The installation of low-E glass and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is being encouraged in accordance with the policy on saving building energy. To incorporate BIPV into smart windows, the transparency and colors of transparent photovoltaics must be optimized. The power sources required to operate these smart windows take advantage of the transparent color of the solar cells, which also facilitates aesthetics. Self-powered smart windows that combine electrochromic or photochromic screens with transparent solar cells suggest a promising convergent technology.

A Case Study on the Islanding Detection Protection of PV System and ESS System (태양광 발전과 ESS 시스템의 연계운전시 단독운전 방지 사례 연구)

  • Lim, Jong Rok;Hwang, Hye-Mi;Shin, Woo Gyun;Ju, Young-Chul;Jung, Young Seok;Kang, Gi-Hwan;Ko, Suk-Whan
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2019
  • BIPV or BAPV installation applied to building is increasing through public utility mandates enterprise. Solar PV energy generates only during the day, but if it is operated in convergence with ESS, which stores electrical energy, it can restrain the fossil energy used in buildings throughout the day. A solution is to converge with PV system and ESS. However, PV systems and ESS connected to the power grid in parallel can cause problems of electrical stability. A study was conducted on the case of failure to detect islanding operation under the parallel operation of PV generation and ESS that are connected in parallel to power grid. Experiments conducted various non-islanding detections under the operating conditions. In the experiment results, when one PCS - PV inverter or ESS inverter - was operating under the islanding condition, it stopped working within 0.5 seconds of the Korean grid standard. However, when both of PV inverter and ESS inverter were operating at the same time under the islanding situation, the anti-islanding algorithm did not operate normally and both inverters continuously supplied power to the connected RLC loads. islanding detection Algorithm developed by each inverter manufacturer has caused this phenomenon. Therefore, this paper presented a new test standard for islanding detection.